WHEELING, W.Va. — The former Buckhannon city councilman facing federal child pornography charges is scheduled for a plea hearing on Dec. 5. David McCauley David McCauley, 66, has been charged with two counts of production of child pornography and one count of felony possession of child pornography. In exchange for a guilty plea to felony possession…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Police have issued a Campus Warning following burglary and larceny reports on and near the downtown campus. Surveillance photo of suspect. In two incidents — one at Morgan House, 660 North High St., and one at Phi Kappa Tau, 692 North High St. — the suspect entered through unlocked windows.…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Motorists traveling the West Virginia Turnpike during the Thanksgiving holiday are going to have a new option when it comes to paying their $4.25 toll. West Virginia Parkways Authority Executive Director Jeff Miller said the recent completion of the Turnpike’s new tolling system will allow a ‘toll by plate’ option. Parkways Authority Executive…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for West Virginia’s mountain counties beginning Thursday with heavy snow accumulation possible. The Winter Storm Watch covers the state’s higher elevations. (Graphic/NWS) The watch covers parts or all of Grant, Mineral, Pendleton, Greenbrier, Preston, Tucker, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Randolph counties. The winter storm could…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A South Carolina woman is in jail after leading Harrison County police a pursuit Sunday morning. Ashlee White (WVRJA) Deputies allege Ashlee White, 25, originally told them her vehicle ran out of gas but then she took off from the bridge at the Bridgeport exit north on Interstate 79. The pursuit ended a…
SALEM, W.Va. — Clean Water Act violations will cost the City of Salem $25,000, according to a Consent Agreement and Final Order from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among other violations, the city is accused of failing to comply with the effluent limits contained in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and…
ELKINS, W.Va. — The West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins will close at the end of the year. The state Department of Human Services announced the closing in recent days. The 25-bed facility for foster children was built in 1909 and serves children from 12 to 18 years old and, in recent months, has consistently housed…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A second defendant involved in a Fairmont drug-related killing has entered a guilty plea and faces the possibility of life in prison. Zeighshawn Meade Zeighshawn Meade, 20, admitted to shooting Clayotn Peck, of Frostburg, Maryland, in March of 2023 at the Fairmont Hills Apartment complex during a transaction involving marijuana. Meade has been…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A Barbour County girl is missing, according to the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office. Mikayla Sheets, 15, hasn’t been seen since November 11 in Barbour County. Her last known precise whereabouts have not been released. Sheets is listed as 4-foot-11, 110 pounds with half blonde/half black hair. Anyone with any information on her whereabouts…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The start of the 2024 WVSSAC High School Football playoffs will be delayed at least one week. As first reported by Greg Carey of MetroNews, pending litigation caused by injunctions filed in multiple parts of the state have forced the WVSSAC to postpone the opening week of games. It is expected that everything…